What is the criteron for joining NRA? Can people join who don't own a gun?

[skip fox]

Could they vote some sense into the organization?

[graham4anything]

1. That is like saying one should finance the republicans or Ralph Nader.(redundant actually)

[Ilsa]

2. They are NOT getting $35 from me.

That's the 1-year membership level.

[Fla_Democrat]

3. When you join, they send you one.

Well, that's the chant, anyway.



Serious answer, no, you do not have to own a gun.

[Journeyman]

4. Everyone is free to send the NRA money, but the NRA is under no obligation to act rationally. . .

no matter what the people who fund it request of them.

Kind of like Congress that way. 90% of the people support the measures Congress rejected yesterday.

I think you may have the NRA (and possibly Congress) confused with an institution involved with democracy.

[kentauros]

5. I don't see anything on their site about being required to own a gun,

although a cookie-gun might be a good investment at some point.

http://www.restaurant.org/Home

[Fla_Democrat]

7. Is that anything like a T-shirt gun?

Cause, I gotta tell ya, I could go for trying to catch some airborne snickerdoodles.

[kentauros]

11. Now there's an idea.

Let's replace the beanbags in those guns the police use, with moon pies.

Talk about a food fight!

[Fla_Democrat]

14. "Water" cannons with

"Water" cannons with RC Cola? I'd be ok with that. Couldn't do it in New York City though... fire hoses are over 16 oz.

[premium]

6. No, you don't have to own a firearm. nt.

[sarisataka]

8. Anyone can join

and vote for the board members.

I do not have the references handy but there are some rules which prevent sweeping change to the board. A certain percentage must be returning board members. It would take about three years to change a majority of the board.

IIRC only about 4% of NRA members vote in the board elections.

[Taverner]

9. Pulse and pocketbook

[Recursion]

10. The actual honest-to-God NRA is just an insurance association for shooters. It is not the lobby

It doesn't give money to the lobby. If you are in the NRA (I was years ago) they keep asking you for money for the lobby.

You could join the NRA, but that wouldn't actually having any bearing on the NRA-ILA, which is what is doing the lobbying.

[Montana redneck]

12. intelligance test

They check if you can use google, or you can be sponsored by another member I'll do it for you, need to send me a check for $350 for first years dues made out to me and I'll get you signed up.

[bike man]

20. Does an applicant need to know how to spell 'intelligence' correctly? nt

[Erose999]

15. I don't think they are accountable to their members. They are just a front for the gun industry. You

may be able to vote for board members, but you'll have to pick from equally batshitty candidates. For example, you'll probably have to choose between Peddo Teddo Nugent and ... Dave Mustaine or Hank Williams Jr. or Kid Rock or some equally hateful and washed up celebrity.

[geek tragedy]

16. So long as you value guns more than human life, you're eligible. nt

[jmowreader]

17. The criterion for joining NRA is owning $35

There is a pretty good chance that if you filled out a membership form and said you were Dan Gross, who lived at 1225 Eye Street in Washington, DC, and enclosed $35 they would enroll you. (Dan Gross is president of Brady Campaign and has a brother who was shot at the Empire State Building in 1997. He is probably the last person in America who would join the NRA.)

[aikoaiko]

18. Anyone can join. Voting privileges after 5 years.

And yes voting on Board of Directors matters.

I can assure you that there was a growing uneasiness with WLP and Ted Nugent types in leadership positions.

Unfortunately, they are now seen as heroes for fighting back the recent comprehensive gun control effort.

[gejohnston]

19. the sooner the better